(Probably) Back into it!

Congratulations, Fuzz, on the new house! The basement space looks great for trains. I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures as you progress.

Sometimes, stuff just happens that way. I think you need to work on the backdrop. It needs some primer or a removal quickly. it hurts my eyes.

Forum member ACE has an area like yours. He has come up with some interesting track plans.

Good luck with the new home!

Congratulations and welcome to the world of home-ownership.  Glad you're back in!

Welcome back. yes- the wall paper has to go. Too bad the pattern wasn't in one direction only- you could have painted RR ties on it and had the perfect backdrop.

Enjoy the build.

Bob

Fuzz:

Three unrelated thoughts:

1. Congratulations on getting back into it.  Your enthusiasm is fantastic ... and infectious.
   
   
2. You have a great opportunity to bust some serious chops here.  To those who've commented on the relative attractiveness of the wallpaper behind your layout, your response can only be:
   
   "My dear grandmother had it in her girlhood bedroom.  It took me hours to put up.  I'm sorry you don't like it."
   
   Then you pause, listen to the room get quiet, and say, "Sorry, just kidding."
   
   
3. The line "Larger house means basement and basement means train room! Yay!" could be the refrain to the song that's in every train guy's head.  I love it.
   
   

Enjoy it and keep us posted.

Steven J. Serenska

It's not that big of a deal. Wallpaper is more of a PITA than anything to remove and painting over it in size would be also, so I'm probably going to get a poster printed to fix up the lower as the layouts will be on two different levels and skirting for the table. The upper one can be painted a simple sky blue with some puffy clouds, I'm not anticipating that much space used between the bottom of the cube shelves and the layout surface, maybe a foot or so.

TBH, I don't mind it that much, if it comes to it, I can do it though.